Fastener for gloves, &amp;c.



W. P. DEVINE.

FASTENER Foa GLovEs, am.

(Application filed Mar. 27, 1900.1

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'WILLIAM PATRICK DEVINE, OF SOUTHl BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO THE CONSOLIDATED FASTENER COMPANY, OF PORTLAND, MAINE.

FASTENER FOR GLOVES, ste.

SPECIFICATION forming para of Letters Patent No. 691,308,01atea January 14,1902.

Application filed March 27,1900

To all whom, 'it may concern): I l

Beit known thatI, WILLIAM PATRICK DE-V VINE, a citizen of the United-States, residing at 445 Broadway, South Boston, in the county. of Suolk and State of Massachusetts, have. invented certain newfand useful` Improve. ments in Fasteners for Gloves, dre.; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains `to make and use the same, reference being had to the yaccompanying drawings, and to letters of referencevmarked there-e on, whichforma part of this'specication.

The object ofv my inventionY is to provide a stud member for glove-fastenings in which the material is held stretched in position between two parts having depressions which exten d in opposite directions.

`Figure l isa sectional View showing the fastening parts in relation to the glove or other garment or other parts to be joined together.

Fig. 2 is a plan of the ball or stud .member of l the fastening. Fig. 3 is a section taken at line y y, Fig. 2; and Fig. 4 is a section of the stud or ball member parts prior to uniting them s with the garment.

In said drawings, ct indicates the garment, which may be a glove, corset, waistband of a dress-skirt, pants, or the like, or other gar# ment orarticle having parts to be joined together, and l) c are respectively the ball or stud member and the socket member of the fastening.

The ball or stud member b of the fastening is illustrated in detail in Figs. 2, 3, and 4, where the section or plate b comprises a cross split head b2,- a reduced neck b3, and a recep tacle b4 for the fabric and under plate e. The under plate e is dish-shaped, its depression beingopposed tothe depression of the receptacle b, and is also provided with a peripheral Serial No; 10,370. (No model.)

iiange e', which ts loosely within the wall b5, v so as to press the fabric up against the shoul- 'der b, formed by the neck, and when the cylindrical part 197, forming said wall b5, is bent inward the fabric will be given a reverse turn wardly-extending projection, forming a depression c, and so while the fabric is given in cross-section an S-shaped turn, whereby the strain on' said fabric is distributed over two 65 annular holding edges of the parts 177e', the rear of the garment, having the ball member. attached, presents to View only a small-imper- 'forate disk lying flush with the surface of they garment, as indicated more clearly in Fig. 3, 7o thus im parting` to the garment a peculiar neatness,while at the same time the great strength due to theimperforation of the garment fabric and the distribution of the strain, as above described, and the cheapness due to the ball member being made of two pieces of metal only are obtained. Thus the ball member is fastened to the garment without perforating the latter and with great security, there being no danger of the fabric being drawn out 8o from betweenthe plates, because of the rel verse bends.

The head or ball b2 is split or cut transversely, the splits crossing at right angles through the vertical axis of the head, the cuts 8 5 bs forming resilient quadrants b9, Fig. 2, adapted to spring toward the center from four p different-directions, so that the ball will enter the socket with ease and yet when once in will hold with firmness and security.

I am aware that changes may be made ill. the shape and proportions of the parts without departing from the spirit or scope of this invention, and' I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the positive expressions 9 5 above employed, except as the state of the art may require.

Having thus described the invention, what I'claim as new is l. In a garment-fastener, a ball member 10o formed of two parts, one, the balll part having a neck and a cylindrical part of a diameand inner ange-holding receptacle and a flanged and dish-shaped plate, the edges of the flange of which last plate are arranged in said receptacle and adapted to hold the fabric of the garment therein, the depressions in said receptacle and plate being arranged in opposition to each other, the rearwardly-extending zo center part of said hanged plate being imperforate and lying flush-with the fabric, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing l have hereunto set my hand' this 20th dayof 25 March, 1900.

WILLIAM PATRICK DEVINE.`

Witnesses: DANIEL ALLEN, GEO. F, H. MURRAY; 

